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Biography

Niall was born in Dublin and holds a BA from Trinity College Dublin and a PhD from the European University Institute, Florence

Peer Reviewed Journals

Year

Publication

(2013)

'Publishing and reading in the Celtic languages 1700-1900: an overview'
Niall Ó Ciosain (2013) 'Publishing and reading in the Celtic languages 1700-1900: an overview'. Cultural And Social History, [ARAN Link] [Details]

(2011)

''Old languages in a New Country: Publishing and Reading in the Celtic Languages in Nineteenth-Century Australia''
Niall Ó Ciosáin (2011) ''Old languages in a New Country: Publishing and Reading in the Celtic Languages in Nineteenth-Century Australia''. Australian Journal Of Irish Studies, [ARAN Link] [Details]

''Bibliotheque Bleue, Verte Erin: some aspects of popular printed literature in France and Ireland in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries''
Ó Ciosáin, N. (2005) ''Bibliotheque Bleue, Verte Erin: some aspects of popular printed literature in France and Ireland in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries''. Lisa, 3 (1) [Details]

(2004)

'Print and Irish, 1570-1900: An exception among the Celtic languages?''
Ó Ciosáin, N. (2004) 'Print and Irish, 1570-1900: An exception among the Celtic languages?''. A Journal Of Irish And Irish-American Studies, 5 :73-106 [Details]

(2004)

'‘Approaching a folklore archive: the Irish Folklore Commission and the memory of the Great Famine’'
Niall Ó Ciosáin (2004) '‘Approaching a folklore archive: the Irish Folklore Commission and the memory of the Great Famine’'. Folklore, [Details]

'’Almanacs in the nineteenth century’'
Niall Ó Ciosáin (2011) '’Almanacs in the nineteenth century’' In: The Oxford History of the Irish Book Vol. 4: the nineteenth century. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
[Details]

(2011)

'‘Pedlars and book distribution’'
Niall Ó Ciosáin (2011) '‘Pedlars and book distribution’' In: The Oxford History of the Irish Book Vol. 4:: the nineteenth century. -: -.
[Details]

(2011)

'‘Oral culture, literacy and the growth of a popular readership, 1800-1850’'
Niall Ó Ciosáin (2011) '‘Oral culture, literacy and the growth of a popular readership, 1800-1850’' In: The Oxford History of the Irish Book Vol. 4: the nineteenth century. -: -.
[Details]

''Famine memory and the popular representation of scarcity''
Ó Ciosáin, N., McBride,I. (2001) ''Famine memory and the popular representation of scarcity'' In: Memory and Commemoration in Irish History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[Details]

'Printed Popular Literature in Irish: presence and absence''
Ó Ciosáin, N. (1990) 'Printed Popular Literature in Irish: presence and absence'' In: The Origins of Popular Literacy in Ireland: Language Change and Educational Development 1700-1920 (Dublin: TCD and UCD, 1990).
[Details]

Edited Books

Year

Publication

(2015)

Culture and Society in Ireland since 1750: essays in honour of Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh.
Niall Ó Ciosáin, John Cunningham (Ed.). (2015) Culture and Society in Ireland since 1750: essays in honour of Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh Culture and Society in Ireland since 1750: essays in honour of Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh. Dublin: Lilliput Press. [Details]

'Cartography and Commemoration: the Atlas of the Great Irish Famine'
Ó Ciosåin, Niall (2013) 'Cartography and Commemoration: the Atlas of the Great Irish Famine' Irish Historical Studies, 38 :696-705. [Details]

Revising the public sphere in the four nations’,
Niall Ó Ciosáin (2014) Public spheres in eighteenth-century Irish and Scottish Gaelic. [Invited Oral Presentation], Revising the public sphere in the four nations’, University of Notre Dame, Indiana , 20-APR-14 - 21-APR-14.
[Details]

Book Review

Year

Publication

(2016)

Review of Aidan Doyle, A History of the Irish Language: from the Norman Invasion to Independence (Oxford University Press 2016) in Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics 2 (2016).
Niall Ó Ciosáin (2016) Review of Aidan Doyle, A History of the Irish Language: from the Norman Invasion to Independence (Oxford University Press 2016) in Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics 2 (2016). Book Review [Details]

Review of Kathleen Villiers-Tuthill, 'Alexander Nimmo & the Western District' in Journal of the Galway Historical and Archaeological Society 61.
Niall Ó Ciosáin (2009) Review of Kathleen Villiers-Tuthill, 'Alexander Nimmo & the Western District' in Journal of the Galway Historical and Archaeological Society 61. Book Review [Details]

(2008)

Review of Guy Beiner, 'Remembering the Year of the French: Irish folk history and social memory' in Cultural and Social History 5.
Ó Ciosáin, N (2008) Review of Guy Beiner, 'Remembering the Year of the French: Irish folk history and social memory' in Cultural and Social History 5. Book Review [Details]

Review of Antonia McManus, The Irish Hedge School and its Books, 1695-1831 in Irish Economic and Social History 30.
Ó Ciosáin, N. (2002) Review of Antonia McManus, The Irish Hedge School and its Books, 1695-1831 in Irish Economic and Social History 30. Book Review [Details]

Review of Éanna Hickey, 'Irish Law and Lawyers in Modern Folk Tradition' in The Irish Jurist XXXIV.
Ó Ciosáin, N. (1999) Review of Éanna Hickey, 'Irish Law and Lawyers in Modern Folk Tradition' in The Irish Jurist XXXIV. Book Review [Details]

(1997)

Review of C. Morash and R. Hayes (eds.), 'Fearful Realities: New perspectives on the Famine', I. Murphy, 'Before the Famine Struck: Life in west Clare 1834-1845' and I. Murphy, 'A People Starved: Life and death in west Clare 1845-1851' in Irish Studies Review 19.
Ó Ciosáin, N. (1997) Review of C. Morash and R. Hayes (eds.), 'Fearful Realities: New perspectives on the Famine', I. Murphy, 'Before the Famine Struck: Life in west Clare 1834-1845' and I. Murphy, 'A People Starved: Life and death in west Clare 1845-1851' in Irish Studies Review 19. Book Review [Details]

(1997)

Review of Robert Scally, 'The End of Hidden Ireland: Rebellion, Famine and Emigration' in Irish Historical Studies XXX.
Ó Ciosáin, N. (1997) Review of Robert Scally, 'The End of Hidden Ireland: Rebellion, Famine and Emigration' in Irish Historical Studies XXX. Book Review [Details]

Conference Paper

Year

Publication

(2014)

‘Famine, trauma and memory’ ‘The unequal dead: catastrophe and the historical reproduction of inequality’, Center for History and Economics, Magdalen College Cambridge, March 2014.
Niall Ó Ciosáin (2014) ‘Famine, trauma and memory’ ‘The unequal dead: catastrophe and the historical reproduction of inequality’, Center for History and Economics, Magdalen College Cambridge, March 2014. Conference Paper [Details]

(2014)

‘Pre-Famine poverty: estimation, representation’ ‘Poverty and Famine in Ireland: the Great Famine, its contexts and legacy’, Belfast April 2014.
Niall Ó Ciosáin (2014) ‘Pre-Famine poverty: estimation, representation’ ‘Poverty and Famine in Ireland: the Great Famine, its contexts and legacy’, Belfast April 2014. Conference Paper [Details]

(2013)

‘Reading and writing in the Celtic languages in the nineteenth century’, Humboldt-Kolleg ‘Invisible languages in the nineteenth century’, University of Bristol, September 2013.
Niall Ó Ciosáin (2013) ‘Reading and writing in the Celtic languages in the nineteenth century’, Humboldt-Kolleg ‘Invisible languages in the nineteenth century’, University of Bristol, September 2013. Conference Paper [Details]

(2012)

'The state and modernity in Ireland’ - Workshop on ‘Ireland and modernity’, University of Edinburgh.
Niall Ó Ciosáin (2012) 'The state and modernity in Ireland’ - Workshop on ‘Ireland and modernity’, University of Edinburgh. Conference Paper [Details]

‘State investigators and their instructions in early 19th-century Ireland' - Scientific instructions for travellers, University of Cambridge.
Niall Ó Ciosáin (2011) ‘State investigators and their instructions in early 19th-century Ireland' - Scientific instructions for travellers, University of Cambridge. Conference Paper [Details]

(2009)

Hymns, songs and subscription lists: Gaelic and Irish in print'. Centre for the History of the Book, University of Edinburgh.
Ó Ciosáin, N. (2009) Hymns, songs and subscription lists: Gaelic and Irish in print'. Centre for the History of the Book, University of Edinburgh. University of Edinburgh: Conference Paper [Details]

(2008)

Popular attitudes to poverty and welfare in early nineteenth-century Ireland'. Workshop on Poor Relief, Charity and Self Help.
Ó Ciosáin, N. (2008) Popular attitudes to poverty and welfare in early nineteenth-century Ireland'. Workshop on Poor Relief, Charity and Self Help. Oxford Brookes University: Conference Paper [Details]

(2008)

The cultures of print in Irish and Scottish Gaelic, 1700-1900'. Print culture after the Union: the impact of 1707 and 1800 on the print culture of Ireland and Scotland'.
Ó Ciosáin, N. (2008) The cultures of print in Irish and Scottish Gaelic, 1700-1900'. Print culture after the Union: the impact of 1707 and 1800 on the print culture of Ireland and Scotland'. UCD: Conference Paper [Details]

(2007)

Print culture in Irish and other Celtic languages, 1750-1830'. Print Culture in the Eighteenth Century: Regional, National and International Dimensions'.
Ó Ciosáin, N. (2007) Print culture in Irish and other Celtic languages, 1750-1830'. Print Culture in the Eighteenth Century: Regional, National and International Dimensions'. University of Limerick: Conference Paper [Details]

‘Almanacs and the public sphere in nineteenth-century Ireland’. Economic and Social History Society of Ireland annual conference.
Ó Ciosáin, N. (2004) ‘Almanacs and the public sphere in nineteenth-century Ireland’. Economic and Social History Society of Ireland annual conference. Conference Paper [Details]

State and surveillance in Ireland in the 1830s'.. Research seminar.
Ó Ciosáin, N. (2004) State and surveillance in Ireland in the 1830s'.. Research seminar. University of Notre Dame, Indiana: Conference Paper [Details]

(2004)

'Almanacs and the public sphere in nineteenth-century Ireland'. Economic and Social History Society of Ireland annual conference.
Ó Ciosáin, N. (2004) 'Almanacs and the public sphere in nineteenth-century Ireland'. Economic and Social History Society of Ireland annual conference. Conference Paper [Details]

'Famine proselytism in popular memory'. American Committee of Irish Studies Conference.
Ó Ciosáin, N. (2000) 'Famine proselytism in popular memory'. American Committee of Irish Studies Conference. University of Limerick: Conference Paper [Details]

(2000)

Working with an archive of oral historical narrative: the Great Famine in popular memory'.. Conference on 'Folklore and the Historian'.
Ó Ciosáin, N. (2000) Working with an archive of oral historical narrative: the Great Famine in popular memory'.. Conference on 'Folklore and the Historian'. Warburg Institute, London: Conference Paper [Details]

'Famine narratives in the folklore archives: a typology'. Economic and Social History Society of Ireland annual conference.
Ó Ciosáin, N. (1999) 'Famine narratives in the folklore archives: a typology'. Economic and Social History Society of Ireland annual conference. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin: Conference Paper [Details]

(1999)

The Great Famine in popular memory'. Seminar in Irish History.
Ó Ciosáin, N. (1999) The Great Famine in popular memory'. Seminar in Irish History. Hertford College, Oxford: Conference Paper [Details]

(1999)

Creating a new reading public?: Printing in Irish 1880-1920'. Conference on 'The Book in Ireland in the Twentieth Century', Institute for Advanced Study.
Ó Ciosáin, N. (1999) Creating a new reading public?: Printing in Irish 1880-1920'. Conference on 'The Book in Ireland in the Twentieth Century', Institute for Advanced Study. University of London: Conference Paper [Details]

(1998)

'The European Union and Northern Ireland' - The EU: regionalism and expansion, University Of Salamanca.
Ó Ciosáin, N. (1998) 'The European Union and Northern Ireland' - The EU: regionalism and expansion, University Of Salamanca. Universidad de Salamanca: Conference Paper [Details]

(1998)

John Mitchel, 1848 and the memory of the Great Famine'. Comóradh 1848'.
Ó Ciosáin, N. (1998) John Mitchel, 1848 and the memory of the Great Famine'. Comóradh 1848'. NUI, Galway: Conference Paper [Details]

The printed publicity of the United Irishmen'. Wolfe Tone in Kirwan's Lane', Galway Labour History Group Conference.
Ó Ciosáin, N. (1998) The printed publicity of the United Irishmen'. Wolfe Tone in Kirwan's Lane', Galway Labour History Group Conference. Conference Paper [Details]

Invited Lectures

Year

Publication

(2015)

'Publishing and reading in the Celtic languages, 1600-1900’ Maynooth History Forum, February 2015.
Niall Ó Ciosáin (2015) 'Publishing and reading in the Celtic languages, 1600-1900’ Maynooth History Forum, February 2015. Invited Lectures [Details]

(2015)

”Starving in the Midst of Plenty”? Food supply during the Great Irish Famine’ Slieve Aughty Famine Working Group, Gort Co. Galway February 2015.
Niall Ó Ciosáin (2015) ”Starving in the Midst of Plenty”? Food supply during the Great Irish Famine’ Slieve Aughty Famine Working Group, Gort Co. Galway February 2015. Invited Lectures [Details]

‘Rethinking the language shift in nineteenth-century Ireland’ Annual lecture of the Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland, Dublin, October 2013.
Niall Ó Ciosáin (2013) ‘Rethinking the language shift in nineteenth-century Ireland’ Annual lecture of the Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland, Dublin, October 2013. Invited Lectures [Details]

'Old languages in a new country: publishing in the Celtic languages in nineteenth-century Australia', Public Lecture, Newman College, University of Melbourne.
Ó Ciosáin, N (2011) 'Old languages in a new country: publishing in the Celtic languages in nineteenth-century Australia', Public Lecture, Newman College, University of Melbourne. Invited Lectures [Details]

(2011)

'Why did so few people read Irish in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?' - Student History Society, St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra.
O Ciosain, N.B. (2011) 'Why did so few people read Irish in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?' - Student History Society, St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra. Invited Lectures [Details]

‘Public spheres in eighteenth-century Irish and Scottish Gaelic’ ‘Revising the public sphere in the four nations’, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, April 2014.
Niall Ó Ciosáin (2014) ‘Public spheres in eighteenth-century Irish and Scottish Gaelic’ ‘Revising the public sphere in the four nations’, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, April 2014. Invited Seminars [Details]

(2004)

'Listening like a state: oral testimony in the Poor Inquiry, 1835' - Research seminar in Early Modern History, Trinity College Dublin.
Ó Ciosáin, N. (2004) 'Listening like a state: oral testimony in the Poor Inquiry, 1835' - Research seminar in Early Modern History, Trinity College Dublin. Trinity College Dublin: Invited Seminars [Details]

(2004)

'Listening like a State: the Irish Poor Inquiry and Social Investigation'. Institute of English Studies, University of London.
Ó Ciosáin, N. (2004) 'Listening like a State: the Irish Poor Inquiry and Social Investigation'. Institute of English Studies, University of London. University of London: Invited Seminars [Details]

(1998)

'The state as ethnographer: poverty and charity in the Poor Inquiry 1835', Department of Folklore, University College Cork.
Ó Ciosáin, N. (1998) 'The state as ethnographer: poverty and charity in the Poor Inquiry 1835', Department of Folklore, University College Cork. University College Cork: Invited Seminars [Details]

Other Item

Year

Publication

(2008)

Lonesome without them: popular attitudes to poverty and charity in early nineteenth-century Ireland'. Proceeding of the Charity and Self-help workshop.
Ó Ciosáin, N. (2008) Lonesome without them: popular attitudes to poverty and charity in early nineteenth-century Ireland'. Proceeding of the Charity and Self-help workshop. Oxford Brookes University: Other Item [Details]

(2006)

Foreword to Ros Kavanagh, Place of Work. A journey through 175 years of the Office of Public Works (Exhibition catalogue) (OPW 2006).
Ó Ciosáin, N. (2006) Foreword to Ros Kavanagh, Place of Work. A journey through 175 years of the Office of Public Works (Exhibition catalogue) (OPW 2006). Other Item [Details]

(2004)

‘Chapbooks and popular culture’ in James Donnelly (ed.), 'Encyclopaedia of Irish History and Culture'.
Ó Ciosáin, N. (2004) ‘Chapbooks and popular culture’ in James Donnelly (ed.), 'Encyclopaedia of Irish History and Culture'. Other Item [Details]

(2004)

‘Literacy and popular culture’ . Encyclopaedia of Irish History and Culture.
Ó Ciosáin, N. (2004) ‘Literacy and popular culture’ . Encyclopaedia of Irish History and Culture. Other Item [Details]

(2003)

Printing in Irish' . The Encyclopaedia of Ireland.
Ó Ciosáin, N. (2003) Printing in Irish' . The Encyclopaedia of Ireland. Other Item [Details]

(1996)

Introduction to Poverty before the Famine. County Clare 1835 .
Ó Ciosáin, N. (1996) Introduction to Poverty before the Famine. County Clare 1835 . Other Item [Details]

Radio Presentation

Year

Publication

(2009)

'An Gorta Mór' in the Radio na Gaeltachta series 'Scéala Éireann'.
O Ciosain, N.B. (2009) 'An Gorta Mór' in the Radio na Gaeltachta series 'Scéala Éireann'. Radio Presentation [Details]

(2009)

'An Athrú Teanga' in the Radio na Gaeltachta series 'Scéala Éireann'.
Ó Ciosáin, N (2009) 'An Athrú Teanga' in the Radio na Gaeltachta series 'Scéala Éireann'. Radio Presentation [Details]

J.R.R. Adams, The Printed Word And the Common Man: Popular Culture in Ulster 1600-1900 . Irish Economic and Social History.
Ó Ciosáin, N. (1988) J.R.R. Adams, The Printed Word And the Common Man: Popular Culture in Ulster 1600-1900 . Irish Economic and Social History. Reviews [Details]

'Printed song collections in Scottish Gaelic and their subscribers' - United Islands: Multi-Lingual Radical Poetry and Song in Britain and Ireland, 1770–1820, Queen's University Belfast.
O Ciosain, N.B. (2009) 'Printed song collections in Scottish Gaelic and their subscribers' - United Islands: Multi-Lingual Radical Poetry and Song in Britain and Ireland, 1770–1820, Queen's University Belfast. Workshops [Details]

‘114 commissions and 60 select committees: phantom figures from a surveillance state’City University of New York graduate centre, October 2006.
O Ciosain, N.B. (2006) ‘114 commissions and 60 select committees: phantom figures from a surveillance state’City University of New York graduate centre, October 2006. Workshops [Details]